NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
Government approves Rs 450 crore SwadeshDarshan
projects: he scheme was launched with an objective to
develop 13 theme-based tourist circuits in the country and the approval for
five was given in a meeting of the central sanctioning and monitoring committee.
2.
UN Charter translated into Sanskrit: The UN Charter, the seminal treaty of the United
Nations, has now been translated into Sanskrit. The Charter is available in all
six official languages of the UN.
3. DharmendraPradhan launches ‘Gas4India’ campaign to boost
natural gas use: The Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural
Gas DharmendraPradhanhas launched Gas4India campaign for the aimed at
promoting the use of gas in the country.
4. Helpline no. 14401 for
info on power cuts launched: The Department of Telecom (DoT) has created ‘UrjaMitra
Helpline’ through which customers can get information on power outages
from distribution companies by dialling 14401.
5. India’s light utility helicopter maiden flight
successful: Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully completed
test flight of indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH) Bengaluru.The LUH will
replace the military’s obsolescent fleet of Chetak and Cheetah helicopters that
have flown for over three decades.
6. Filmmaker
K G George to be honoured with J C Daniel Award:National award winner and veteran director K G George has been
selected for the JC Daniel award 2015, Kerala Government's highest honour for
outstanding contribution to Malayalam cinema.
7. 1st
phase of ESIC’s pilot project of telemedicine services inaugurated: Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment
BandaruDattatreya inaugurated the first phase of telemedicine services of
Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) for providing specialist
medical services at a distance to insured workers.
8. Government approves 6 start-up centres: The Central government has approved six
proposals to set up centres of excellence to promote and fund start-ups under
the National Initiative for Development and Harnessing Innovation (NIDHI), a
programme steered by the Department of Science and Technology. The proposals
for six centres of excellence that were approved by the National Expert
Advisory Committee include SINE-IIT Bombay, Venture Centre-NCL Pune, CIIE-IIM
Ahmedabad and a research park at IIT-Gandhinagar.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
India and Chile expand
preferential trading pact to boost economic ties:
India and Chile
have expanded their Preferential Trade Agreement with both offering to lower or
eliminate tariffs on a number of items traded with each other. Chile has
offered concessions to India on 1798 tariff lines with margin of preference
(extent to which duties are lower than those offered to other
countries) ranging from 30% to100%.
OTHER
UPDATES:
AWARDS:
1.
‘Thithi’ wins Best Film honour at 1st BRICS Film Festival in New
Delhi.